IGN: Again, this is kind of an obvious question: But for you, what do you think this means for the Marvel Universe? In a way, being on television opens up a whole new realm of possibility. I mean everyone saw The Avengers, but this is a way to tap into a deeper experience in some ways, with both a new and established fanbase.

Gregg: It's true. When we were shooting the pilot I thought, 'How are we going to do this?' I've been on these movies, each one is a different chapter, and each one was an origin story, to a certain extent, of a new hero and world. And in this one the heroes were the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, there are people with superpowers, but that's not the focus of the show. And probably it's wise to do it that way because I don't think that they could pull that off for 22 episodes in a year. But when I was doing it, it reminded me of stuff that I would watch when I was really little that was already in reruns then. I would see Flash Gordon and things that were serialized before movies. There was a heroic component and a serialized ongoing episodic plotline. So, then I thought. 'This is made for this stuff.' And the exiting part is going to be seeing the way that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. interacts with the S.H.I.E.L.D. component in Captain America 2, and the other movies, and whether those movies will then effect our show.

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IGN: Do you have any sense of that yet?

Gregg: Well we've only done the pilot. My sense is that Marvel uses everything at their disposal and that nothing will happen on our show that will not impact, or be impacted by, the movies.

IGN: We've seen Coulson be a worker bee in a way, but now this is a leadership position.

Gregg: Yes. I felt you got a real hint of him in that way in Thor. This is different in that he's not kind of managing a major S.H.I.E.L.D. operation at the forefront of S.H.I.E.L.D.. This is a...The secret name for the pilot, so that people didn't see the name S.H.I.E.L.D. on the signs, was Ragtag. This is kind of Coulson's unit that he's put together to go out, highly mobile, anywhere in the world, and deal with old S.H.I.E.L.D. business and new S.H.I.E.L.D. business. Most specifically in a world after The Avengers where suddenly the world has watched the battle of New York and they know about Asgard, and they know about Chitauri, and alien invaders and superheroes and there's a lot of people who want in.

IGN: It's interesting because it's no longer about managing the secret, seemingly, because the cat's out of the bag.

Gregg: I think there's some secrets still left to manage. I think there's some cats that are not yet out of the bag - even to the viewers.

IGN: Mmmm, intriguing. [Both laugh] Well while he's managing the secrets, what kind of a leader is he?

Gregg: That remains to be seen. He's been through some fairly interesting stuff in The Avengers, and as a fan of those movies I'm interested to see who he is now.

IGN: Will we have an explanation for his return early, late or never in the pilot?

Gregg: I think we will get an explanation in the pilot and the question only remains: Is it true?

IGN: Do you think you'll make your way back into the cinematic universe?

Gregg: I hope so. I certainly would miss working with some of those actors, The Avengers felt like family. So I hope that Agent Coulson makes his way into some of those films, or that they come visit me in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Much Ado About Nothing is in a limited release now and opens wide in the U.S. on Friday, June 28.

Roth Cornet is an Entertainment Editor for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @RothCornet and IGN at Roth-IGN.